병들다

Korean

Etymology

(, byeong, “illness”) + 들다 (deulda, “to enter”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpjɘ(ː)ŋdɯɭda̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?byeongdeulda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?byeongdeulda
McCune–Reischauer?pyŏngdŭlda
Yale Romanization?pyēngtulta

Verb

병들다 (byeongdeulda) (infinitive 병들어, sequential 병드니)

  1. to fall ill/sick, to become ill
    • c. 1725, 이창중 [ichangjung, Yi Changjung], “천지일가곡/天地一家曲”, in 연연정창수록/然然亭唱酬錄:
      ()() 어듭기ᄂᆞᆫ ()() ()들엇ᄂᆡ / () 고치면 ()() 멀노소랴
      myeongmyeong-i eodeupgi-neun muryog-e byeongdeureonnae / i byeong-eul mot gochimyeon chyungchi-deul meollosorya
      It is not that [Heaven's] bright mandate is dark, but rather one is diseased by material craving / If one does not cure this disease, would one much different from insects?

Conjugation

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